Theodore f



UNiTED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE. 1

THEODORE 1. 1V. SCHMIDT, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF'ONE-HALF TO II.II. LANBAGK, OF SAME PLACE.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 347,646. dated August1'], 1886.'

,- Application filed April 22, 1886. Serlsl No. 199.810. (hlodel.l v

To all whom it may concern.- Be itknown that 1, THEODORE 1!. W.SonMIn'r, a resident of ])ayton,i-n the county of Montgomery and-Stateot' Ohioyhave in-.

provide a box made from blanks andhaving at its edges and over thejoints between the body, the cover, and the bottom a lining made foldeddown for shipping or packing and readily folded in shape.

Another ob'ect of my invention is to provide a top and bottom coverwhich enables the box to be folded down for shipping or packing, and yetforms a tight joint, all of which will be set forth in the descriptionof the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box, showing the lidraised. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank from which the body of thebox is formed. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the blank shown in Fig. 2folded in the form to receive the top and bottom cover piece. Fig.

4 represents a blankfor the cover. v 1 represents the front edge ofrthebox; 2, the rear side; 3, the left-hand end; 4, the righthand end ofthcbox.- It is made from the 35 blank A. (Shown in Fig. 2.)

5 6 7 represent the lining-flaps at the top of the box.

8 9 represent slits in the front side of the box, into which tongues 1011 are inserted for 0 fastening the parts together.

12 13 14 represent lining-flaps for the bottom of the box, correspondingin shape and position with the flaps 5 6.7, at the top.

15 16 represent flaps or doubled-over pieces for uniting blank A (shownin Fig.2) to blank B. (Shown in Fig. 4.),They are pastedto importantfunctions:

of detachable flaps, so that the box can be blanks, the flaps 15 16being pasted onto the my hand the said parts, as shown in dotted lines15 1.6 in said figures. Y

0 represents the top cover or lid of the box, and is provided with atongue, 11,. on the doubled-over piece 1.7, which passes down the frontside of the box and into the slit 8.

- 1.8 represents a corresponding flap, provided with a tongue, 10, whichpasses around the bottom edge of the box and into the slit 9.

The lining-flaps 5 6 7 12 1344 periorm two first, they ack thejoints andprevent the entrance of dust around the covers; second, they form vstiffening or strengthening pieces, so that I obtain a 1n uch strongerpacking-box than where these l ningflaps are not employed.

-The box is readily and quickly madeof two back edge of the box.

For shipping or packing, the box may be bent across the ends 3 4 at thelines marked a b, so as to fold theb'ox down flat. Iclaimb 1. -A paperbox formed of two blanks, AB, the blank A forming the endsand front sideofthe box, and flap B forming the rear side and the top and bottomcovers, the blanks being fastened together by tongues and sl tsformed'in them, substantially as'speeified. 2. A paper box composed ofthe two blanks. A B, the latterhaving the lining-flaps 5 6 7 12 13 14,folded and bent to protect the edges of the box, and the former bent toform the rear side and top and bottom cover, and united together by theflaps 15 16, substantially as specified. g J I 3. Aknoekdown paper boxcomposed of the blanks A B, folded, bent, and united together,

the blank B being provided with a shippingfold, a b, substantially asspecified.

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set THEODORE F. W. SCHMIDT.Witnesses: p

Jonn W. Baron, SUMNER '1. SMITH.

